Category: Charms

I relate to this book. How many men have locked themselves inside aluminum ships to traverse the skies? Glowing dials of instruments light up your cockpit, the vibrations of engine(s), the eddies of wind, the lights of St. Elmo’s Fire on your props, we remain transfixed to the glorious view of the firmament from our… Continue reading Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry book review

Ohhhh, I get it. She wants to bang the aliens. I’m alien to this world. Do you want to bang? Forgive me Father, your Earth-bound men and women are fallen, total role-reversal. Bring your chariots, swing low, Father. Get me out of here. Bring the Light-bearing ladies with their lamps full. Real men are true… Continue reading Secret City by Carol Emshwiller book review

It’s a place we all go to review, refine, and redouble our efforts. We sit in a circle. One chief among us. The work is done in this way. The Workshop We share creations. We provide appropriate additions. We never speak out of turn. We use the inside voice when talking out loud. The bass… Continue reading The Workshop – Apocalypse Science

The rats are the problem. They employ deception and magick at all levels. The illuminated rats are lying to us. The illuminated rats are hiding among us. The illuminated rats must be exterminated. Enter heroes. One of them a mighty tank type who enjoys the lovely bones of female ghouls, the other a mouser who… Continue reading The Swords of Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber book review

This book review may be secretly paid for by Yankee Corporations out of Boston Massachusetts. The Lizards send their people on ships stocked full of provisions, sailors, sail makers, carpenters, captain, and officers. Yes, this is the invasion story. There was no battle for California. The land described by this man, Richard Henry Dana, is… Continue reading Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. book review

She’s got red hair, a yellow glare, cream colored curves. Her name is Jirel of Joiry. She wears iron greaves around her ankles. Sword Play. She killed her boyfriend. She must travel the underworld to set his miserable soul free. She’s a killer. Jirel of Joiry. by C.L. Moore Some of my highlights: Jirel of… Continue reading Jirel of Joiry by C. L. Moore book review

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You are a man. You decide to sail alone around the world in a 39 foot sloop. It’s 1895. You are there. The storm arrives, you lash the rudder and sail to the edge of the map. Supposedly, they didn’t have GPS back then. But they also told you to put your child in a… Continue reading Joshua Slocum, Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum book review

Clif High told me to read this book. Steinbeck being a great American author, and given our current circumstance (imminent social order upheaval and financial collapse), it was Clif’s idea that our experience would be similar to Steinbeck’s description in this book. I would have to disagree. If you are going to read American authors,… Continue reading Cannery Row by John Steinbeck book review

Revelation 21:4 “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”